It starts out innocently enough: a small speck against a field of background stars, barely noticeable in the image data. But… it’s a speck
that wasn’t there before. Subsequent images confirm its existence – there’s something out there. Something bright, something large, and it’s
moving through our solar system very quickly. The faint blur indicates that it’s a comet, an icy visitor from the outermost reaches of the solar
system. And it’s headed straight toward Earth.

Exhaustive calculations are run and re-run. Computer simulations are executed. All possibilities are taken into consideration, and yet there’s no
alternative to be found; our world will face a close encounter with a comet in mere months’ time. Phone calls are made, a flurry of electronic
messages fly between computer terminals across the world, consultations are held with top experts in the field. We are unprepared… what can we do?
What does this mean for civilization as we know it? What will this speeding icy bullet from outer space do to our planet?

The answer? Nothing.

It goes on to state what a comet is and how it won't have much of an effect on Earth as it won't get closer than 35 million kilometers.

Because we have a gut feeling, a premonition, that something about this isn't right. Something doesn't add up, whether it be bits of info we'd get
from amateur astronomers saying it isn't a comet, or the 'coincidences' of it aligning with the Earth and Sun and a major earthquake would occur on
the same day, and maybe that's just it. Maybe we don't believe in coincidences. Maybe we want to know the truth, and we'll know for sure come
October.. November.. December.

Tough question. Different answers.
1) Because they want a huge change in their lives no matter what the price.
2) Because they refuse to believe "them" no matter what "they" say.
3) Because they seek justification for their preparations (See 1).
4) Because they are dying to say "I told you so!" (see 2).
5) All of the above.
6) None of the above.

7) Because people care about there loved ones and if given a chance to keep them from harm they will oblige.
8) History is notorious for repeating itself.
9) There are some odd coincidences concerning Elenin but we will all have our answer to the great question soon enough.

7) Yes. But it doesn't answer the question about why people are so concerned about Elenin.
8) What history are we talking about? The one with all the other comets that have come and gone without incident? Some much closer?
9) Coincidences aren't odd. They happen all the time.

The ancient Chinese documented the appearance of Halley's Comet as early as 240 B.C.E. People used to believe that Halley's Comet brought about
the fall of Jerusalem in 66 A.C.E. and the Huns' invasion of Rome in 373. Halley's Comet was also believed to have caused the death of King Harold
II in the Battle of Hastings in 1066; it is even included in the famous Bayeux Tapestry depicting that event. Even when Halley's Comet returned in
1910, "comet hysteria" caused people to go hide in the mountains, buy gas masks and umbrellas -- even take "anti-comet pills" to protect
them from the "noxious fumes" emitted by the comet.Unusual Facts about Comets @ eHow

It is pure craziness how these end of the world fads take off online.
People are either very gullible or very young.
Each week there seems to be a new fad where people just repeat what some fool has said on Youtube.

I really don't understand any of it!

Do some really believe a brown dwarf is slowly going through our solar system ? lol

The idea was first put forward in 1995 by Nancy Lieder, founder of the website ZetaTalk. Lieder describes herself as a contactee with the ability
to receive messages from extra-terrestrials from the Zeta Reticuli star system through an implant in her brain. She states that she was chosen to warn
mankind that the object would sweep through the inner Solar System in May 2003 (though that date was later abandoned) causing Earth to undergo a pole
shift that would destroy most of humanity. The predicted collision has subsequently spread beyond Lieder's website and has been embraced by numerous
Internet doomsday groups, most of which link the event to the 2012 phenomenon. Although the name "Nibiru" is derived from the works of late ancient
astronaut writer Zecharia Sitchin and his interpretations of Babylonian and Sumerian mythology, Sitchin denied any connection between his work and
various claims of a coming apocalypse.

This lady, Nancy Lieder, also just happened to kill her dog in May of 2003 because Nibiru was coming.

It is strange how people are jumping on the Elenin wagon. I nearly got sucked in myself.. but then I asked myself, what if it was another comet, lets
say McNaught or Hale Bopp and they had never been heard of before and they were incoming? Would people jump on the same band Wagon as they have with
Elenin at this point in time?

I believe there is something out there which may cause problems at destined dates in time, but i don't think it is Elenin. Wait and see I guess...

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